06.11.03
The
Trouble in Tahiti eases as opera wins five major awards
The
麻豆社 Worldwide/Opus Arte co-production of Trouble in Tahiti has won
four prestigious international awards at Cannes, Vienna, France
and in the UK.
Leonard
Bernstein's operatic spectacle has won the Grand Prix de l'Academie
Charles Gros, the Cannes Classical Award 2004, the Diapason d'Or
de l'ann茅e 2003, the Best Realization of an opera for TV
at the Vienna TV Awards, and Best DVD of 2003 at the Gramophone
Awards. The Penguin Guide recently awarded Trouble in Tahiti maximum
marks (three stars) in its review of the production.
A biting
satire on American suburban married life, Trouble in Tahiti is set
in the 1950s where the ever-smiling chorus sing about the joys of
picket fences, colour bathrooms, washing machines and up-to-date
kitchens. But for Dinah (played by Stephanie Novacek) and Sam (played
by Karl Raymond), the American dream is fading like the roses on
the dining table - they just can't communicate.
Filmed
with a young and dynamic cast and directed by Tom Cairns (Amongst
Women), this is Bernstein's first foray into opera, debuting in
1952, a time when possibilities were seemingly endless and suburbia,
with its 'white house and picket fence' being America's utopia.
This
production is shot using the latest special effects to merge genuine
1950s archive with specially shot footage. Opera at it's most cinematic,
filmed for television with the cream of young operatic talent with
drama of the highest quality.
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